- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 2, 1959
- Place of Birth
- Rochester, New York, USA
Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker, whose career was spawned by the New York no wave scene. Her work typically features provocative and confrontational noise music delivery, and has maintained an anti-commercial ethic, operating independently of major labels and distributors.
Filmography
tv70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieMy Lover The Killer
2020 · , Music
movieSpit and Ashes
2019
movieLydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019 · Self
movieL7: Pretend We're Dead
2017 · Self
tvThe Ripple Effect
2016 · Self
movieDisturbtion
2015 · Music
The Circular Ruins
movieThe Circular Ruins
2014 · Night (voice)
Kill Us All
movieKill Us All
2014 · , Writer, Producer, Music
Wild Thing
movieWild Thing
2012 · Self
movieBye Bye Blondie
2012 · La chanteuse
movieThe Hardcore Collection
2012 · (archive footage)
movieRoad Rant: A Week on the Road with Lydia Lunch
2012 · Self, Writer
movieAutoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011 · Self
movieBlank City
2011 · Self
movieFake Orgasm
2010
Flood Stains
movieFlood Stains
2010 · Saltmaster, Screenplay, Music
movieGodkiller: Walk Among Us
2010 · Bub (voice)
movieThe Return of Post Apocalyptic Cowgirls
2010 · Music
movieMutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
2009 · Self - Interviewee
movieUnfaithful
2009 · Music
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
movieNo Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
2009 · Self
movieNYC Foetus
2009 · Herself
movieFor the End of Time
2009
moviePost-Apocalyptic Cowgirls
2008 · Music
Death of the Reel
movieDeath of the Reel
2008 · Narrator
movieLydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006
2008 · Herself, Music
movieLlik Your Idols
2007 · Herself
Her Noise - The Making Of
movieHer Noise - The Making Of
2006
Kill Your Idols: More.
movieKill Your Idols: More.
2006 · Self
American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis
movieAmerican Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis
2005 · Narrator
movieThe Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004 · Social Worker #2
movieKill Your Idols
2004 · Self
movieUs
2003 · Music
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
movieD.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
2002 · Herself - Interviewee
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
movieKiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
2001 · Self
movieThe Hardcore Collection
2000
movieLunch on Kern
1997 · Herself
movieRichard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York
1997
movieVisiting Desire
1996 · Sitter
movieBaby Trouble Hole
1996 · Performer
Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent
movieLydia Lunch: Malicious Intent
1994 · , Writer
movieDie Haut - Sweat
1994 · Self
No Age New York
movieNo Age New York
1993 · Herself
Thanatopsis
movieThanatopsis
1991 · Herself, Writer
movieKiss Napoleon Goodbye
1990 · Hedda, Writer
movieThe Gun Is Loaded
1989 · Herself, Writer
movieGang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
1989 · Self
moviePut More Blood Into the Music
1988 · Herself
movieMondo New York
1988 · Prologue
moviePenn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987
movieSubmit to Me Now
1987
movieCruel Tricks for Dear Friends
1987 · Self
movieFingered
1986 · , Writer, Music
movieBarbecue Death Squad From Hell
1986 · Herself
movieSubmit to Me
1986
School of Shame
movieSchool of Shame
1984
movieThe Right Side of My Brain
1984 · Narrator, Writer, Music
movieThe Wild World of Lydia Lunch
1983 · Herself
Like Dawn to Dust
movieLike Dawn to Dust
1983
movieGoodbye 42nd Street
1983 · Music
movieVortex
1982 · Angel Powers, Music
movieDance of the Dead Children
1982
movieThe Agony Is The Ecstacy
1982 · , Director, Music
movieSubway Riders
1981
movieRaw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller
1980
movieThe Offenders
1980
movieBlack Box
1979 · Torturer
No New York Festival - Berlin
movieNo New York Festival - Berlin
1979 · Self
movieBeauty Becomes the Beast
1979
Alien Portrait
movieAlien Portrait
1979 · Self
movieRome '78
1978 · Empress
moviePunking Out
1978 · Herself
movieShe Had Her Gun All Ready
1978
movieGuerillère Talks
1978 · Herself
Love Diptych
movieLove Diptych
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